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Hi,
I have a PC with a microsoft standard keyboard, running Windows XP
Professional SP2. However, the Numeric Keypad doesn't work properly - ie
displaying numbers when Num Lock is on, or behaving like the arrow keys etc
when Num Lock is off. Instead, if you press the number keys, different
programs launch: For example, 1 is search, 2 is Internet Explorer, and (I
think) 5 is Outlook.
I suspect this is a setting within XP somewhere (rather than a faulty
keyboard), but have gone through the keyboard and accessability options in
the Control Panel, and not found anything that even looks like the cause.
Help is too basic to contain such obscure problems - I've not seen anything
like this before in my ten years in IT! And as someone who relies on the
Numeric Keypad behaving itself, this is getting exasperating. Does anyone
have any ideas?
Many thanks in advance,
Keith
I have a PC with a microsoft standard keyboard, running Windows XP
Professional SP2. However, the Numeric Keypad doesn't work properly - ie
displaying numbers when Num Lock is on, or behaving like the arrow keys etc
when Num Lock is off. Instead, if you press the number keys, different
programs launch: For example, 1 is search, 2 is Internet Explorer, and (I
think) 5 is Outlook.
I suspect this is a setting within XP somewhere (rather than a faulty
keyboard), but have gone through the keyboard and accessability options in
the Control Panel, and not found anything that even looks like the cause.
Help is too basic to contain such obscure problems - I've not seen anything
like this before in my ten years in IT! And as someone who relies on the
Numeric Keypad behaving itself, this is getting exasperating. Does anyone
have any ideas?
Many thanks in advance,
Keith